Metal edging is the little black dress of a garden: elegant, strong yet understated, tailored and timeless. Creates a clean separation between garden beds, grass, paths, and driveways using little space and and minimizing visual distraction. Above: Metal edging is strong enough to stay rigid for installations where clean straight lines and geometric designs are desired. Above: In Brooklyn, garden designer Julie Farris uses metal edging and river rocks to border the raised beds on her rooftop gardne. Metal edging typically comes in long strips (from 8 to 10 feet) that have overlapping connections.

Above: Installed low to the soil, metal edging can be mown over, eliminating the painstaking process of edging a lawn. More expensive than benderboard or plastic edging products, metal edging is still an economical option. A long-time design secret of professional landscapers, metal has edged its way into the amateur home garden to offer a clean-cut and practical solution to keep plants and materials in place.
It keeps the curvaceous grass designs contained in the gardens of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris. Foras Studio used metal edging around planting beds and pathways in a geometric Brooklyn garden.

Untreated, it starts out silver in color and develops a desirable rust patina that blends in well with any garden. Because it is softer than steel, it is a good contender for curvaceous installations, but also more susceptible to dings. Some metal edgings come with built-in anchors or slots for inserting metal stakes, which makes installation even easier.

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